Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes tropical thorn forests in India?

  1. They occur mainly in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and contain trees exceeding 60 metres in height.
  2. They occur largely in areas receiving less than 50 cm of rainfall, where plants remain leafless for much of the year.
  3. They are concentrated in Himalayan areas between 3,000 and 4,000 metres.
  4. They consist principally of salt-tolerant plants growing in tidal creeks and estuaries.
  1. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  2. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  3. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  4. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…
  5. Although the vertical pressure-gradient force in the lower atmosphere is much greater than the horizontal…
  6. An earthquake releases energy at a point below the Earth’s surface. Which one of the following correctly…